Akron will be a popular 4/13 upset, and rightly so, as the Zips can really shoot it. They have also won 20 of their past 21 games. Caleb Love is a March type of player, and even though the Wildcats have had their struggles this season, they'll handle the Zips.

The top-seeded Cougars headline a contingent of seven Big 12 teams heading to the NCAA tournament, which begins this week.

Houston basketball enters the NCAA Tournament, coming off another terrific season under head coach Kelvin Sampson. The Cougars have seamlessly transitioned from dominating the American Athletic Conference to running through the Big 12 in consecutive seasons.

Overall top seed Auburn was joined by Duke, Houston and Florida as 1-seeds, and a record 14 teams from the SEC were selected to participate in the NCAA tournament.